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Hey.
So I frequent a big scary forum that rhymes with SomethingLawful, and on one of the visits to the Games forum I saw something that could be pretty cool. Basically, we're going to play the Sims 2.
For anyone who's been living under a rock for the past eight years:
The premise of what I want to do here is simple. I'd like five people to give me character descriptions feasable in the Sims 2. I have no expansion packs because my computer rejects them for some reason, but I've downloaded some costum content off modthesims2.com for clothing and such.
After we have the five people, I'm going to build a house, stick them in it, turn 'Free Will' on, watch what happens and take pictures.
This is more fun than it sounds, because when left alone the sims are absolutely retarded. They'll set themselves on fire, drown in the pool or attack other sims without God (the player) intervening.
If you want to participate, here's the form:
The name of your sim, first names only:
The first name only thing is because you can't pick surnames for individual sims if you create them in one go to put in a house. The may not be in the same family, but they'll have the same surname.
Male/Female
Age (Toddler, Child, Teen, Adult, Elderly)
Toddlers have no responsabilities, and are pretty boring.
Children are curious and have to go to school and do their homework. They'll sometimes bring home a friend.
Teenagers have school and start being attracted to other teenagers. I'll probably have to interfere if people create teenagers or children and these don't do their homework enough, otherwise a social worker kidnaps them.
Adults have left school, but now need to find jobs. They can get married or pregnant. Males can get pregnant from aliens, too.
Elderly sims are usually retired, they lumber around and have to pee all the time.
Skin/Hair/Eye color
Approximations please. I have many eyecolours, even ones that don't exist. Also odd eyes :)
Hair Style
Again, approximation. Lots of stuff, I can change your hairtyle later on if you don't like it.
Facial Appearance including makeup, glasses, and beards
Makeup is mostly limited to full face paintings, but I can also give them some scars or moles or things like that.
Attire
General description.
Pick a Birth Sign for your Personality
Birth signs are here. Tell me if you want me to mess around with some personality points, i.e. make you lazier, nicer, more aggressive etc. They do have to be based on these though.
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6276/8640d0a195498c56da58558nk1.jpg
Pick an Aspiration
As toddlers and children, Sims aspire only to "Grow Up", but upon becoming teens, the player must assign Sims one of five life aspirations: Family (befriending family members, marrying and raising a large family), Fortune (wealth and prestige), Knowledge (skill enhancement and life experience), Popularity (making friends and socializing) and Romance (frequent and varied romantic relationships and interactions)
Career you desire
Athletics, Business, Crime, Law Enforcement, Medicine, Military, Politics, Science and Slacker are the original careers, and I've added Priest, Artist and Legionnaire.
If it sounds like fun, register away. And let's try and decide on a family name. Like the Dragonfly Family or something.
PS: I have no idea where this belongs, so um mods please take this to a more appropriate forum if need be. I thought about the Games forum here but it's for words games mostly right :/
So I frequent a big scary forum that rhymes with SomethingLawful, and on one of the visits to the Games forum I saw something that could be pretty cool. Basically, we're going to play the Sims 2.
For anyone who's been living under a rock for the past eight years:
The Sims 2 is a strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000.
The Sims 2 essentially revolves around the same concept as its predecessor. Players are free to control their Sims (as they interact with their virtual surroundings) engaging in various mundane activities and forming relationships in a manner similar to real life. Like its predecessor, The Sims does not have a defined final goal; gameplay is open-ended. Sims 2, however, has life goals, wants and fears, the fulfillment of which can produce both positive or negative outcomes. All Sims age, and can live over 100 Sim days depending on the degree of which their aspirations are fulfilled (although some items can extend a Sim's lifespan further).
The Sims 2 builds on its predecessor by allowing Sims, the simulated human characters, to age through six stages of life and incorporating a more powerful 3D graphics engine. It was first released on September 14, 2004 and became an instant success, having sold a then-record one million copies in its first ten days. In addition to its commercial success, The Sims 2 was well received by critics. As of July 26, 2007, The Sims 2 has sold more than 13 million units worldwide and is the best-selling PC game of 2004. A sequel, The Sims 3, was announced by EA in November 2006 and is scheduled for release in 2009. As of April 2008, The Sims 2 website celebrated 100 million copies of The Sims series sold.
The premise of what I want to do here is simple. I'd like five people to give me character descriptions feasable in the Sims 2. I have no expansion packs because my computer rejects them for some reason, but I've downloaded some costum content off modthesims2.com for clothing and such.
After we have the five people, I'm going to build a house, stick them in it, turn 'Free Will' on, watch what happens and take pictures.
This is more fun than it sounds, because when left alone the sims are absolutely retarded. They'll set themselves on fire, drown in the pool or attack other sims without God (the player) intervening.
If you want to participate, here's the form:
The name of your sim, first names only:
The first name only thing is because you can't pick surnames for individual sims if you create them in one go to put in a house. The may not be in the same family, but they'll have the same surname.
Male/Female
Age (Toddler, Child, Teen, Adult, Elderly)
Toddlers have no responsabilities, and are pretty boring.
Children are curious and have to go to school and do their homework. They'll sometimes bring home a friend.
Teenagers have school and start being attracted to other teenagers. I'll probably have to interfere if people create teenagers or children and these don't do their homework enough, otherwise a social worker kidnaps them.
Adults have left school, but now need to find jobs. They can get married or pregnant. Males can get pregnant from aliens, too.
Elderly sims are usually retired, they lumber around and have to pee all the time.
Skin/Hair/Eye color
Approximations please. I have many eyecolours, even ones that don't exist. Also odd eyes :)
Hair Style
Again, approximation. Lots of stuff, I can change your hairtyle later on if you don't like it.
Facial Appearance including makeup, glasses, and beards
Makeup is mostly limited to full face paintings, but I can also give them some scars or moles or things like that.
Attire
General description.
Pick a Birth Sign for your Personality
Birth signs are here. Tell me if you want me to mess around with some personality points, i.e. make you lazier, nicer, more aggressive etc. They do have to be based on these though.
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6276/8640d0a195498c56da58558nk1.jpg
Pick an Aspiration
As toddlers and children, Sims aspire only to "Grow Up", but upon becoming teens, the player must assign Sims one of five life aspirations: Family (befriending family members, marrying and raising a large family), Fortune (wealth and prestige), Knowledge (skill enhancement and life experience), Popularity (making friends and socializing) and Romance (frequent and varied romantic relationships and interactions)
Career you desire
Athletics, Business, Crime, Law Enforcement, Medicine, Military, Politics, Science and Slacker are the original careers, and I've added Priest, Artist and Legionnaire.
If it sounds like fun, register away. And let's try and decide on a family name. Like the Dragonfly Family or something.
PS: I have no idea where this belongs, so um mods please take this to a more appropriate forum if need be. I thought about the Games forum here but it's for words games mostly right :/
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